diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5aa7648f..a5c6c60d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
         <tomcat.version>8.5.5</tomcat.version>
         <h2.version>1.4.199</h2.version>
 
-        <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.47</mysql-connector-java.version>
+        <mysql-connector-java.version>8.0.28</mysql-connector-java.version>
         <prometheus.version>0.6.0</prometheus.version>
 
         <rocksdb.version>5.17.2</rocksdb.version>